Funny, I used to always wash my diapers this way til everyone online convinced me I was doing it wrong LOL. Though I added a prerinse (not a soak) because one day I opened up that washer while it was agitating and saw how full of sewage the water was and decided they needed a good rinsing first!!! I still don't understand eveyrone's hang up with stains though, they are diapers for crying out loud. I used to just sun them every now and then, but mostly I didn't care bc they were just going to get full of poo again. Now with toddler poo, I don't get many stains in general anyway. I think I'm gonna go back to my old way, just one wash (with a small prerinse still, I usually do this on a medium load setting instead of XL). And now that I've about gotten the amount of detergent needed in the hard water here down, I can finally get rid of the extra rinse I've been using to help cut down on build up. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="smile"><br><br><br>
PS Oxiclean and the imitations can be used in cold water....just dissolve it in some hot water first to activate it. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="smile"> When I use it, I usually start the load running with hot water and hold the cup of oxi under it, so it gets in some hot water. Then I fill it with cold or warm. HTH